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Creators:
Richard Lindheim
Michael Sloan
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 full episode list
Release Date:
18 September 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama more
Plot:
Robert McCall is "The Equalizer", a private detective with a lot of contacts who is available for hire... more
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 11 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(36 articles)
Edward Woodward dies at 79
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Edward Woodward
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Excellent and highly Intelligent more (41 total)

Cast

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Edward Woodward ... Robert McCall (87 episodes, 1985-1989)

Keith Szarabajka ... Mickey Kostmayer (42 episodes, 1985-1989)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA
Company:
Universal TV more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Edward Woodward suffered a heart attack in the summer of 1987. Accordingly, the producers needed to find a quick replacement while Woodward recuperated. Robert Mitchum was brought on as an old friend of Robert McCall who helped McCall's son search for his missing father in the two-part episode, "Mission: McCall." Richard Jordan was also brought on as embittered former operative Harley Gage and stayed for eight more episodes. more
Quotes:
Mickey Kostmayer: What do we need a diversion for? Just kick in the door and hose the room.
Robert McCall: Mickey, there is a five year old boy in there.
Mickey Kostmayer: Oh yeah, we're gonna need a diversion.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Jerry Seinfeld/David Bowie (#25.1)" (1999) more

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36 out of 38 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent and highly Intelligent, 12 January 2003
Author: Sean Og MacDonnell from London, UK

"The Equalizer" was a unique and amazing series. I followed each episode with great interest. The ensemble of talent was remarkable - Edward Woodward having started out as a Shakespearean actor.

Hostile comments against this brilliant series derive largely from an inability to understand what McCall represented and who he was. A veteran of the British Army, he served in the Suez conflict and - while in the SAS - in operations in Malaya against Maoist gunmen. On leaving the British service he was recruited by the CIA who had apparently heard of his SAS exploits and talent in intelligence gathering. As his mother was an American, he could qualify as a US citizen - combine that with his last name, and he hardly qualifies as an Englishman. In the CIA he worked in Vietnam, where he met many of his later New York allies.

The character of Robert McCall may be in his early-mid fifties, but has a background of training and experience which would humble any supposedly tough petty-thug. For better organised enemies, McCall has a loyal following of friends to call on, including a selection of law enforcement personnel and ex-Special Forces men.

Therefore, he is not the tea-sipping greying middle-aged gentleman he may appear to be at first.

I adored this show. It requires a certain depth of historical knowledge to fully understand.

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